London Amateur Rugby League 2005 Season

News Archive

13/08/05: Broadstairs beat Colchester 40-14 in the 2005 Grand Final. Two quick tries from Mike Simmonds and Chris Finnery set them on their way to an early 24-0 lead. Colchester, whose side featured a dozen teenagers, refused to roll over but never managed to make a serious impression on the deficit. Broadstairs were deserved winners of the competition in their debut season, and look a strong candidate for a place in the RLC next year.
 

06/08/05: Broadstairs Bulldogs and Colchester Romans, two clubs making their debut in this season's competition, have advanced to next weeks Grand Final, which will take place on 13th August at South Louth London Storm RLFC, Thornton Heath (Map), kick off 4:15pm.

 

30/07/05: Met Police cruised into the semi-finals with an 82-0 demolition of Kent Ravens. They will now travel to Broadstairs next week, while in the other semi, Colchester will host Ipswich II.

 

23/07/05: The regular season concluded today with big wins for Colchester and Met Police, while W London II scored an impressive draw against Minor Premiers Broadstairs Bulldogs. Five teams have applied to take part in the Championship play-offs which begin next week.

 

02/07/05: Broadstairs beat Ipswich II 30-22 in today's top of the table clash at St Peters Rec, while Colchester's improvement continued with another solid win over Kent Ravens.

 

25/06/05: Broadstairs Bulldogs continued their strong form with a crushing win over Kent Ravens, Si Harris and Danny Clement each scoring hat-tricks. Meanwhile The Mount ran Ipswich II close in their first LARL game of the season.

 

11/06/05: Congratulations to Kent Ravens who defeated Greenwich II for their first ever competitive win, all the more impressive as their scrum-half Ewen Drummond was on international duty in Bridgend with Scotland ‘A’. Elsewhere, Colchester battled back from a 42-18 deficit to earn a draw with 6 tries in the final quarter, while Feltham edged out W London II.

 

09/06/05: Broadstairs Bulldogs have a new website now online at http://www.broadbiz.co.uk/bulldogs/

 

04/06/05: Colchester Romans today earned a first ever win with their very young squad. With only four players aged over 18, they put in a convincing performance to take the points against Kent Ravens. Stand-out player was Mark Braidwood who scored a hat-trick.

 

28/05/05: The Met Police continued their strong start to the season with a win over Colchester Romans at the Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow. Colchester fielded a young side, containing half a dozen 16 year olds. Showing plenty of natural ability, they can be very proud of themselves for keeping their heads up till the final whistle, but were gradually worn down by a very strong Police side who are shaping up to become title contenders this year.

 

21/05/05: Three more games played today. Well done to Feltham, Ipswich and Met Police for getting off to winning starts, and to Colchester for getting their first game under their belts. West London II were also due to play South London II today, after Souths RLC game was cancelled.

 

15/05/05: The first two games of the season were played yesterday. West London II earned a hard-fought 24-12 victory at Greenwich II, before their respective first-teams clashed in the RLC Premier Division. In the other game the newly formed Broadstairs Bulldogs made their debut versus Kent Ravens. Despite most of their players being new to the code, they were well marshalled by their experienced Australian scrum-half Ben Bryant, and eventually won 32-12 in front of an encouraging crowd of around 100 people. 

 

26/04/05: Onley Prison, based near Rugby, have announced their intention to compete in the 2005 season. Contact details can be found in the Clubs section

 

25/04/05: Kent Ravens succumbed 44-10 to a very strong looking Met Police side in a pre-season friendly on Saturday 23rd April. Both teams fielded big squads, a good sign for them in the coming season.

 

10/04/05: With four weeks to go till the start of the season the signs are promising. 32 matches have been confirmed so far, which would be an improvement on last year’s total of 28 regular season games, and it is likely that several teams will confirm further fixtures over the next few weeks. Broadstairs Bulldogs and Colchester Romans are looking forward to their debut campaigns, while West London Sharks II are likely to be approaching their championship winning form of 2003 after a disappointing campaign last year.